Staff Reporter :
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined oil tanker owner of Desh-1 Tk 3 crore for polluting the River Karnaphuli by spilling diesel in the water after an accident.
The oil tanker hit a lighter vessel, anchored at Padma jetty of the port leading the tanker to leakage on Friday.
Azadur Rahman Mollick, DoE Director of Chattogram Metropolitan, slapped the fine on the errant lighter vessel “
Desh-1″ following a hearing held at the DoE office on Sunday. The errant lighter vessel was also asked to pay the fine without any delay.
DoE Assistant Director Sangjukta Das Gupta said that a team from the DoE visited the spot on Saturday and found heavy fuel oil spilled into the river.
“Later, the DoE issued a notice to the owner of the errant lighter oil tanker to attend a hearing. The owner of the lighter vessel was fined with Tk 3 crore for polluting the environment by spilling heavy fuel oil,” added the DoE official.
Following the accident, the Port authorities seized the vessels and handed those over to Bangladesh Coast Guard.
Earlier, a team of Environment Department made a physical visit to the accident spot.
At least 10 tonnes of diesel spilled into the River Karnaphuli after the accident.
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Sunday fined oil tanker owner of Desh-1 Tk 3 crore for polluting the River Karnaphuli by spilling diesel in the water after an accident.
The oil tanker hit a lighter vessel, anchored at Padma jetty of the port leading the tanker to leakage on Friday.
Azadur Rahman Mollick, DoE Director of Chattogram Metropolitan, slapped the fine on the errant lighter vessel “
Desh-1″ following a hearing held at the DoE office on Sunday. The errant lighter vessel was also asked to pay the fine without any delay.
DoE Assistant Director Sangjukta Das Gupta said that a team from the DoE visited the spot on Saturday and found heavy fuel oil spilled into the river.
“Later, the DoE issued a notice to the owner of the errant lighter oil tanker to attend a hearing. The owner of the lighter vessel was fined with Tk 3 crore for polluting the environment by spilling heavy fuel oil,” added the DoE official.
Following the accident, the Port authorities seized the vessels and handed those over to Bangladesh Coast Guard.
Earlier, a team of Environment Department made a physical visit to the accident spot.
At least 10 tonnes of diesel spilled into the River Karnaphuli after the accident.
